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Monday, June 1, 2015
Learn about your antiques and collectibles with Georgia Caraway
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Happy Anniversary
From the hills, from the lake, From the sky.All is well, safely rest, God is nigh.
Last week my column mentioned the playing of “Taps” for Memorial Day celebrations. I was curious about the origins of the soulful tune and my research found the following. Union General Daniel Butterfield could not write or read music, but that did not stop him from writing the world-famous bugle call “Taps” during the Civil War. Taps fills the air thousands of times all over the United States during Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day. The story goes that one July evening in 1862; General Butterfield listened to the Army’s regulation call, “Extinguish Lights,” after a particularly depressing day when his unit suffered heavy losses. He felt that the bugle melody was woefully inadequate for expressing the feeling of sadness, and yet the spirit of hope, he wished to convey to his men. He wanted a bugle call that would unite his troops and remain in their memories, so he hummed and whistled a tune for his aide to put on paper. General Butterfield summoned his personal bugler, Oliver Norton, and instructed him to play the melody. After several revisions Norton played the new bugle call that night. The new call, “Taps,” spread to other Union encampments and commanders replaced “Extinguish Lights” with the new tune. Soon it was played in Confederate camps as well. An unknown lyricist wrote the tune’s verse: Day is done, gone the sun,
Go to sleep, peaceful sleep, and May the soldier or sailor, God keep. On the land or the deep, safe in sleep. Love, good night, must thou go, When the day, and the night Need thee so? All is well, speedeth all, to their rest. Fades the light, and afar Goeth day, and the stars, Shineth bright, Fare thee well, day has gone, night is on. Thanks and praise, for our days, 'Neath the sun, ‘neath the stars, ’Neath the sky, As we go, this we know, God is nigh. Most of us can sing the words of the first stanza, but not the others. However, it is the soulful melody that causes all of us to pause and be thankful for the enormous sacrifice given by our men and women of the armed services. Dr. Georgia Caraway, former director of the Denton County Museums for 14 years, and her friends opened the Howe Mercantile on April 25. Store hours are Thursday through Saturday, noon to 8 p.m. In addition to Tips, Tools, & Techniques: Caring for Your Antiques and Collectibles, she has written four Denton history books and is working on a fifth history about the North Texas State Fair and Rodeo.
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Norman and JoAnne Dickey celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Friday, May 29.
Howe Youth Football signups online Howe Youth Football Commissioner Chris Campbell announced that those interested in signing up to play youth football this fall can now register at www.leaguelineup.com and searching for Howe Youth Football. Registration is $90 for students entering Kindergarten through 6th grade.
Stewart
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After her retirement from Howe ISD in 2002, she received a phone call from Texas A&M University at Commerce about supervising their student teachers and interns. She started that position in 2003 and was fully and officially retired from Texas A&M Commerce as of yesterday, May 31, 2015. Stewart served four terms over her 12 years on the Howe ISD Board of Trustees. She was vice president for two years and secretary for eight years. Affectionately known to all as Mrs. Stew, she will ride off in the sunset as one of the most loved teachers in the history of the school.
